Farewell And Adieu [2016] [P/UP]

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"So where will you be heading next?"

I finished pulling on my parka and turned to look outside the shack's open front door. The storm had blown over during the night, leaving a morning of calm. Corazon's question hung heavily in the air between us.

"I'm not sure..." I murmured, letting my gaze travel from the winter sunrise to little Law's sleeping form.

Corazon followed my gaze and nudged Law with the toe of his boot.

"Law, Miss Sofia is leaving. You wanted to say goodbye, right?"

The boy stirred for a moment then sat up sleepily and looked up at me. "You're... leaving?" His eyes cleared and grew wide in alarm as the reality of the situation settled in.

The child jumped up and clung to my coat with tiny white-splotched hands, mettalic eyes welling with tears. "You can't leave! You can't!"

I felt my heart break a bit at his cherubic face and I kneeled down to his level. "Law... I have to-"

"NO YOU DON'T!" Law shouted, balling his fists up tighter and screwing his eyes shut. "Cora-san and I are trying to find a cure! You can come with us!"

I felt my heart break further and my resolve weaken as tears began to slide down his face and land in fat droplets on my sleeves.

"Law, it's too dangerous for the three of us to travel together-"

"I DON'T CARE!"

I reeled back a bit; shocked at the sudden intensity in his voice.

Law began trying to wipe his dripping nose and eyes, but the attempt was useless. "I don't want to be the last one again..." He whimpered.

And there it was. The finishing blow on my resolve to leave.

I held my breath for a long moment before closing my eyes and heaving out a sigh. "You'll... have to ask Cora-san if it's okay."

Instantly Law gasped and turned to hug one of Corazon's long legs.

"Please, please, please, pleeaassee can she come with us, Cora-san?!" He begged, burying his still wet face into his guardian's thigh.

The blonde man balked and tried shaking Law off, only to fall backwards to the ground. As he fell, his hands waved around wildly, trying to grab anything to stop his decent. He grabbed the hood of my parka and with a heavy thud the three of us hit the floor.

Law seemed unfazed, as if such things happened all the time, and just crawled up to sit on Corazon's chest. "PLEEAASSEE?"

The blond looked up at Law, then over to me, sprawled out next to him, then sighed and closed his eyes as well. "As long as Miss Sofia is alright with it then so am I."

I gave a small smile to the man as Law began to cheer and scrambled up to pull us to our feet.

Corazon smiled back just a bit before we were being pulled out into the snow.

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Law hummed a childish little tune as he sat atop Corazon's shoulders, the snow banks being far too deep for him to trudge through. Even I was having trouble keeping up with the blonde man's long strides, the snow reaching up to just below my bust.

"Cora-san, slow down! I don't want to fall again." Law complained when Corazon stumbled for a moment.

I chuckled as the blonde regained his balance. "Yes, it would be terrible if you two caught colds. We should find a place to take shelter soon."